power surely far more significant and demanding than mere earthquakes or fire storms would have been, yet one which is repeated time and again in Daniel 1–6—is a narrative representation of Deutero-Isaiah’s sustained announcement of Yahweh’s lordship over all parts of the earth (Isa. 43:3–7), all the nations (40:15–17), all other gods who are nothing (46:1–11), princes and rulers of the earth (40:23–24), and specifically Cyrus, king of Persia (44:24–45:13). Of course, other exilic and early postexilic
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